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and hay were weighed before each feeding and each lot was 

 given all they would eat both morning and evening. On 

 the same date two head of swine of similar size and age were 

 weighed and put in each lot. The cattle were kept in the dry 

 lots until the close of the experiment when they were ship- 

 ped to the Chicago market and sold on their merits, at the 

 following prices per hundred pounds: Corn, $6. 10; Speltz, 

 $5.85; Corn and Speltz, $5.75 and ground Speltz $5.75. This 

 was the highest price paid for cattle that day, but had there 

 been a load of each they would no doubt have brought more. 

 They had the run of a small yard (see cut) acd with the ex- 

 ception of the grain ration, each lot was under the same 

 conditions. 



The experiment extended over a period of 170 days with 

 the following ration per lot: 



Lot I. Shelled corn and prairie hay. 



Lot II. Whole speltz and prairie hay. 



Lot III. Shelled corn and speltz (mixed half and half by 

 weight) and prairie hay. 



Lot IV. Ground speltz and prairie hay. 



All rations were fed inside sheds so that no loss would 

 occur by blowing fine particles of feed from troughs\ 



With the exception of Lot i the swine were fed extra as 

 there did not seem to be sufficient grain in the droppings, 

 and Lot i was fed extra only until the steers were on full 

 feed. 



The average daily grain fed per steer from the beginning 

 to the end of the experiment was as follows: Shelled corn 

 20 pounds, whole speltz 18.9 pounds, corn and speltz 18.48 

 pounds and ground speltz 15.39 pounds. The largest con- 

 sumption of grain per head daily was as follows: Shelled 

 corn 29 pounds, whole speltz 28 pounds, corn and speltz 28 

 pounds and ground speltz 18 pounds. 



The grains were purchased in the local market from time 

 to time but the speltz for the three lots was of the same 

 quality. 



